(12-19-2023, 12:15 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Maxi Kleber for the last 2 years and 5 games of this season:
- 32.5% on 4.3 attempts with 1.0 Blks/game
- 34.8% on 3 attempts with .8 Blks/game
- 33.3% on 1.8 attempts with .2 Blks/game
Maxi is touted around here as a floor spacer and rim protector. For his career, he is a .9 blk/gm player and a 35.8% 3 shooter on 3.4 attempts. He’s been focused on shooting the 3 for 5 years going on 6 now.
Stewart’s first 2 1/2ish years in the league was as the starting C for the Pistons until Duren took over the spot so Stewart was utilized as the starting PF where he focused on putting up more volume 3’s. So, last season and this are the sample size of his 3 shooting while his career blocks should be the standard to see how he does in the PF/C spot he would occupy here.
For his career, he’s a 1 blk/gm guy.
Last year and so far this year he’s:
- 32.7% on 4.1 attempts
- 36.7% on 3.6 attempts
We’re currently seeing that type of increase in DJJ’s shot and look what is being said about him around here.
The guy is physical and is a good rebounder. I think he possesses all the things this team is missing and he fits in a role we desperately need for the playoffs.
When folks talk about Maxi in a positive light they are talking about what he was in his prime and what we need him to get back to. You are showing stats of his injury riddled decline which should probably not be the goal. In his prime he was shooting in the upper 30s from 3 with roughly block and half per 36 while playing high level perimeter defense. Stewart is not currently meeting any of those metrics and I don't know if he will. The Luka bump is not universal. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.
I get the interest in him. He is young, he is reported to have a good work ethic and has shown hints of being the right fit for what we need. I just think there are a lot of questions. To Dan's question, I'm curious who folks would have preferred in the offseason between Grant Williams and Stewart? My guess is the majority would have gone for Williams. We paid a pick swap and roughly the MLE for him and so far many are disappointed. We are talking about an unprotected first and higher than MLE contract. I'm concerned we could have similar (or worse) buyers remorse on that deal.